1953 FAMAS Awards

1st FAMAS Awards
Date	Thursday, July 16, 1953
Site	Hotel Riviera Mansion Dewey Boulevard Manila^[1]
Highlights
Best Picture	Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo ^[2]
Television coverage
Network	Radio Stations: DZBB, DZFM, DZPI, DCBC ^[1]

The 1st Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held on July 16, 1953 in Hotel Riviera Mansion, Dewey Boulevard (now Roxas Boulevard). Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo produced by Manuel Vistan Jr.^[3] is the first recipient of FAMAS Award for Best Picture.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.^[2]

Best Picture	Best Director
Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo — Premiere Productions, Inc. Ang Bagong Umaga — Premiere Productions, Inc. Basahang Ginto — Sampaguita Pictures Korea — LVN Pictures	Gerardo de Leon — Ang Bagong Umaga
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ben Perez — Ang Bagong Umaga	Alicia Vergel — Basahang Ginto Celia Flor — Correccional Anita Linda — Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Gil de Leon — Korea Max Alvarado — Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo	Nida Blanca — Korea Rita Gomez — Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo
Best Screenplay	Best Cinematography
Eddie Romero, Cesar Amigo — Buhay Alamang Benigno Aquino, Jr. — Korea	Emmanuel I. Rojas — Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo
Best Sound Engineering	Best Musical Score
Charles Gray — Kalbaryo ni Hesus	Julio Esteban Anguita — Kalbaryo ni Hesus

References

1 2 "Ang galing ng acting! Pang Famas!". sites.google.com.
1 2 "FAMAS Awards for 1953". IMDb.com.
↑ "Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo". IMDb.com.

External links

"The Unofficial Website of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences". Archived from the original on 7 October 2012.
FAMAS Awards

FAMAS Awards

Merit current awards	Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Child Actor Best Child Actress Best Story Best Cinematography Best Art Direction Best Film Editing Best Sound Best Musical Score Best Theme Song Best Visual Effects Best Special Effects

Merit retired awards	Best Featurette Best Short Film

Special awards current	FAMAS Hall of Fame Award FAMAS Circle of Excellence Award FAMAS Lifetime Achievement Award FAMAS Grand Award Atty. Flavio G. Macaso Memorial Award Dr. Jose Perez Memorial Award for Journalism Fernando Poe, Jr. Memorial Award German Moreno Youth Achievement Award Golden Artist Award International Artist Award Posthumous Award Presidential Award Special Citation Award

Special awards retired	Lou Salvador Sr. Memorial Award Huwarang Bituin ng FAMAS Award Dr. Ciriaco Santiago Memorial Award International Prestige Award of Merit Gregorio Valdez Memorial Award Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Special Award

One-time	Centennial Award Bukas Palad Award Bituin ng FAMAS Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon Award Natatanging Alagad ng Sining Award

Ceremonies	1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Maria Clara Awards^*	The First Maria Clara Awards (1950) The Second Maria Clara Awards (1951) The Fifty-Fifth Maria Clara Awards (2005)

^*A now defunct award giving body

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